# US:The Gilded Age II **URL:** \ **Category:** Macro Economic Trends and Risks\ **Created:** [October 2, 2026, 4:33pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/us-the-gilded-age-ii/126654 "2026-10-02T16:33:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tjscott0](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/tjscott0/32/1083_2.png) [@tjscott0](https://discussion.fool.com/u/tjscott0)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 4:33pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/us-the-gilded-age-ii/126654/1 "2026-10-02T16:33:31Z")
[https://build-construct.com/architecture/gilded-age-mansions-how-americas-elite-architects-built-monumental-estates/](https://build-construct.com/architecture/gilded-age-mansions-how-americas-elite-architects-built-monumental-estates/) **Gilded Age Mansions: How America’s Elite Architects Built Monumental Estates** _Between the 1860s and the early 1900s, a generation of architects trained in European traditions brought monumental design to the United States, building estates that combined Old World craftsmanship with New World ambition._ > **[Largest Gilded Age Houses - American Aristocracy](https://americanaristocracy.com/lists/the-largest-gilded-age-houses-in-north-america)** _This is a continuously updated list of the largest Gilded Age/Historic Houses in both the United States & Canada. Precise square footage (sqft) is not always available, and please note that the numbers given on similar lists are often unsubstantiated or exaggerated._ [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/realestate/the-rise-of-the-nine-figure-listing.html?unlocked\_article\_code=1.FlE.ltW6.achiISG-r851&smid=url-share](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/realestate/the-rise-of-the-nine-figure-listing.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FlE.ltW6.achiISG-r851&smid=url-share) # The Rise of the Nine-Figure Listing _Outside Tampa, a French revivalist property listed for $115 million has a bowling alley with a private 1950s-style diner, a car museum and a go-kart circuit. In Los Angeles, a 70,000-square-foot compound asking $400 million with two houses totaling 39 bedrooms, four kitchens, three swimming pools, a hammam and an airport security-style X-ray machine._ _The age of the nine-figure listing is upon us._ _This year has proved to be a record one for $100 million listings, with more homes listed at or above that supersized price tag than at any other time in history, according to Redfin._ ---
**Author:** ![pauleckler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/pauleckler/32/2906_2.png) [@pauleckler](https://discussion.fool.com/u/pauleckler)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 5:46pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/us-the-gilded-age-ii/126654/2 "2026-10-02T17:46:08Z")
How can you possibly justify living in a house w 39 bedrooms. It has to be a prestige home; an investment. Great place to entertain. But a pain to maintain. This has to be another aspect of the wealth divide. Lots of ego. Maybe a sharp deal maker. ---
**Author:** ![DrBob2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/drbob2/32/3456_2.png) [@DrBob2](https://discussion.fool.com/u/DrBob2)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 6:55pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/us-the-gilded-age-ii/126654/3 "2026-10-02T18:55:10Z")
100-150 years ago Andrew Carnegie was busy: > **[Carnegie library](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie_library)** > > A Carnegie library is a library built with money donated by Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. A total of 2,509 Carnegie libraries were built between 1883 and 1929, including some belonging to public and university library systems. Most of them – 1,689 – were built in the United States, with 660 in the United Kingdom and Ireland, 125 in Canada, and 25 others in Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Serbia, Belgium, France, the Caribbean, Mauritius, Malaysia, and Fi... This week we have Ken Griffin… > **[Ken Griffin’s Carnegie Mellon Bet Could Pay Off Big](https://www.city-journal.org/article/ken-griffin-carnegie-mellon-donation-miami)** > > The staggering $3 billion donation is a big wager on the future of American higher education and a major boost for the growing Miami region. _The donation, the largest individual gift in the history of higher education…_ DB2 ---
**Author:** ![wecoguy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/wecoguy/32/4301_2.png) [@wecoguy](https://discussion.fool.com/u/wecoguy)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 6:55pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/us-the-gilded-age-ii/126654/4 "2026-10-02T18:55:53Z")
Never saw the need for more that a 3BR home, but Inlaw has moved on up to 4BR, plus study, office spaces, more places to keep stuff! 4 car garage, I can see if one is a workshop, but 2 cars, boat, do eat space… The monster homes any larger, maybe more full time guests, or kids that never left the nest… It’s another world, full time hired help, etc… Upstairs/Downstairs comes to mind… ---
**Author:** ![DrBob2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/drbob2/32/3456_2.png) [@DrBob2](https://discussion.fool.com/u/DrBob2)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 7:05pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/us-the-gilded-age-ii/126654/5 "2026-10-02T19:05:04Z")
> [@DrBob2](#): > > The donation, the largest individual gift in the history of higher education… Even smaller institutions such as Caltech have seen large gifts. Some 25 years ago… > **[Largest Gift in History to a College](https://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/almanac/largest-gift-in-history-to-a-college/)** > > In 2001, Gordon Moore, the co-founder of chip manufacturer Intel and author of many scientific papers and patents on semiconductors, gave the California Institute of Technology a massive $600 million Read more... And more recently… > **[Philanthropists Donate $750 Million to Caltech](https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/caltech-receives-750-million-donation/179066/)** > > Philanthropists and entrepreneurs Stewart and Lynda Resnick, owners of The Wonderful Company, will be making an unprecedented $750 million donation to Caltech to support advanced research for the “most pressing challenges” in energy and... MIT got $350 million in 2018. Harvard got $500 million in 2021 from a fellow named Zuckerberg. DB2 ---
**Author:** ![Goofyhoofy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/goofyhoofy/32/4721_2.png) [@Goofyhoofy](https://discussion.fool.com/u/Goofyhoofy)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 9:04pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/us-the-gilded-age-ii/126654/6 "2026-10-02T21:04:44Z")
I would suggest calling it the Meretricious Age. Yeah, I had to use the thesaurus to find that one. ---
**Author:** ![wecoguy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/wecoguy/32/4301_2.png) [@wecoguy](https://discussion.fool.com/u/wecoguy)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 10:13pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/us-the-gilded-age-ii/126654/7 "2026-10-02T22:13:06Z")
> [@Goofyhoofy](#): > > I would suggest calling it the Meretricious Age. Made me look! It’s a crazy time, while we could have moved into a bigger, more expanded home, by that time our kids had moved along, and guests were just weekends or an overnight here n there.. It’s bad enough, packrat that I am, more space would have allowed even more ‘stuff’, now unneeded… My imagination on all that furniture, boggling..